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单词 unsaint
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unsaintv.

Etymology: un- prefix2 1d(b).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈsaint.
transitive. To deprive of saintly character or status.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > discanonization > perform discanonization [verb (transitive)]
unsaint1572
discanonize1600
uncanonize1607
dissaint1612
1572 C. Carlile Disc. Peter f. 29 Thomas Becket, whom King Henry dyd vnsainte, and disgrade.
1594 Zepheria xiv. sig. C3v No neuer shall that face..Emblemisht be, defaced or unsaynted, Till death shall blot it.
1612 T. James Treat. Corruption Script. (new ed.) iv. 51 The Master of the sacred Palace hath vnsainted him.
1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 117 Satans scope in accusing the Christian,..is to unsaint him, and perswade him he is but an hypocrite.
1701 J. Howe Some Consideration Pref. Enq. 29 Power..to saint themselves, and unsaint all other men, at their own pleasure.
1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 123 That saint's bones being..burnt, and unsainted, by the powers in being.
1834 R. Southey Doctor II. 179 Most assuredly they ought to be unsainted!
1870 Temple-Bar Mag. 29 186 Young women..mutter in tender tremulous voices, which..might unsaint an anchorite.

Derivatives

unˈsainted adj.1
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > saint > discanonization > [adjective]
unsainted1851
1851 J. Morier Adventures Hajji Baba II. vi. 172 I marvelled how of a sudden I had become such an unsainted lion.
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